# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix home-relative attachment path resolution on desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where the desktop client fails to resolve home-relative attachment references during preview and download, causing ENOENT errors for file types such as xlsx and docx. The fixes add fallback logic to locate files in the home/attachments directory when the initial path resolution fails.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116909. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116909 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-116909`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.40`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #115609: Desktop: attachment preview ENOENT for home-relative refs (xlsx/docx) — previewFileTarget never falls back to home/attachments dir

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116909: fix(desktop): attachment preview/download resolves home-relative refs (#115609, salvage #115617)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/hardening.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/hardening.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
- **#115617: fix(desktop): resolve home-relative attachment refs in preview/download**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c7f793527224`, `#116909`, `#115609`, `#115617`
- **#115618: fix(desktop): resolve home-relative attachment refs in the preview target**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c7f793527224`, `#116909`, `#115609`, `#115617`
- **#115621: fix(desktop): fall back to home/attachments dir for missing preview targets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#115618`, `#115609`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116909 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.